At ski resorts across the West this winter, viral images showed chairlifts idling over brown terrain in places normally renowned for their frosty appeal. Iconic mountain towns like Aspen, Colorado, and Park City, Utah, were seen with shockingly bare slopes, as the region endured a historic snow drought that experts …
The search for scores of people still missing after flash floods devastated Central Texas stretched into a fifth day Tuesday as the death toll continued to rise. At least 110 people are confirmed dead and more than 160 people remain unaccounted for, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said during a news conference …
Andy Hazelton learned he’d been fired the same way everyone else did. Like hundreds of his colleagues at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, he received a mass email from the head of the agency at around 3:45 p.m. on Feb. 27 confirming his termination, effective immediately. “They …
Hurricane Francine in Louisiana, flooding in the Carolinas and wildfires in California are among the extreme weather events impacting millions across the U.S. just in the past week. And it’s not just about the physical risks — it’s having a major impact on the affordability of having a home, as extreme …
Powerful storms that rolled through the Midwest spun up multiple tornadoes, including a fierce twister that killed several people in a small Iowa town Tuesday, carving a bleak landscape of destroyed homes and businesses, shredded trees, smashed cars and widely strewn debris and causing an unknown number of injuries. The …
Why forecasters are predicting “extremely active” hurricane season – CBS News Watch CBS News A new forecast from Colorado State University says the upcoming hurricane season could be “extremely active.” Scientists are expecting 23 named storms, with 11 of them being hurricanes. Alex DesRosiers, co-author of the forecast, joins CBS …
A major spring storm threatened parts of the central US on Monday with heavy snow in its northern reaches and thunderstorms and possible tornadoes in the South. Other parts of the country tried to recover from their own severe weather, from hail and flooding in California to heavy snow, freezing …